Josh Niland

Work is wrapping up on the new U.S. Embassy facility in Mexico City designed by Tod Williams Billie Tsien (TWBTA) and David Brody Bond at a reported cost of around $1 billion. The LA Times recently checked in on its delayed progress. The project first began construction on the Paseo de la Reforma in February 2018. An opening is now expected by the last quarter of 2025.

Months after inaugurating the new Lana Residences and hotel complex in Dubai, a new design for a neighboring plot from Foster + Partners has been announced featuring two new luxury residential towers with heights totaling 590.5 feet (or 180 meters). One apartment is allotted per floor to bring the total to 60 in both towers. Each unit is equipped with a range of wellness amenities to go along with winding interlocked terraces offering views of Dubai's high-rise architecture and the adjacent Marasi Marina.

Last year was one of the deadliest on record for construction workers since 2011. The findings produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicated that the rate of deaths in 2023 was still unchanged from the previous year’s survey. The fatality rate (9.6 per 100,000) has...

If there is a lesson to be taken from this year, it is that small evils lead to ever-bigger ones. The wrong behaviors and motivations get rewarded until the process capitalizes into a singular upending spectacle. That reality is just as resurgent in professional spheres and does appear likely to retain its dominance over other civic ones. Unethical practices, the influence (good or bad) of politics and public opinion, removal of history, and a culture of dishonesty coursed, as ever, through the domain of architecture in 2024. Inside its ranks, questions as to why the cycle itself is so prevalent continue to go unsettled.

Real estate blog The Real Deal has released its annual list of the top-performing architects in New York City. The firms with planned projects over 1 million square feet included SLCE and the office conversion leader Gensler. Nikolai Katz Architect finished first with 15 permitting applications...

According to a new study by McKinsey, the number of heat pumps worldwide still needs to increase significantly in magnitude from its current 15% global market share to 65% by 2050 in order to meet climate targets. The governments of the UK, Germany, and Sweden have all been proactive at making the technologies both more affordable and less cost-prohibitive to install. Still, according to McKinsey, challenges to the further adaptation of air-source heat pump alternatives persist primarily in cold-weather climates, which currently account for 15% of the global population. (h/t Energy Digital )

The first phase of a monumental-scale new addition within LA’s famed Hollywood Forever Cemetery has been revealed after a design from Lehrer Architects and Arquitectura y Diseño. Image: courtesy Tim Griffith The Gower Court Mausoleum stands five stories and 100 feet above the landmark...

An alarming new study produced by the University of Miami has shown 35 buildings to be sinking at depths of up to 8 centimeters (3.1 inches). They are all located in between Miami Beach and its northernmost Sunny Isles Beach neighbor. The subsidence has gone on since at least 2016 and affected multiple structures in the vicinity of the former

Each year, the passing of an architect offers a moment to reflect on their legacy, revisiting the impact of their work while capturing the essence of their career through the perspectives of colleagues and peers, alongside a record of their achievements.

Oliver Wainwright's picks are in for The Guardian’s year-end critics’ list. His trips abroad to visit the Paris Olympics and Columbus, Indiana left an impression, as did the Met's first-ever major retrospective look at the mercurial influence of Paul Rudulph, the new children's hospital...